IT Industry people, step in plz

[DavidM]

And yes, all grads who aren't in school to train an actually marketable skill are going to be fucked more and more. If you are one of them and happen to be reading this, do your parents and yourself a kindness and change. That extra year schooling may take due to being pointed in the wrong direction will pay itself off in a couple of years when you actually have a job.

So just out of curiosity, what majors/skills do you think fit that bill. I don't disagree with the point I think you're trying to make, but there is also something to be said for studying something your interested in and working to make connections, get internships etc. If you are a middle of the road history major is it going to be harder to get a job than a middle of the road CS major? Absolutely. But if you major in History, get mostly A's, work to get an internship at the Library of Congress or Army Corps of engineers (or wherever) that can certainly work.

I guess all that is to say don't spend four years studying something you hate, and then another 40 years doing it, because you're worried about that first job after graduation.